Cork-press



(No Model.)

P. M. OROUSE & R. EQLEWIS.

CORK PRESS Patented M21129, 1887.

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UNITED STATEs PATENT OFFICE.

- FRED. M. OROUSE AND RICHARD E. LEYVIS, OF RAOINE, WISCONSIN.

CORK-PRESS- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 360,340, dated March 29, 1887.

Application filed December-27,1886. Serial No.2'22fi87. (No model) To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, FRED. M. Gaousn and Brennan E. Lewis, of Racine, in the county of Racine, and in the State of \Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cork-Presses; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

Our invention relates to corkpresses; and it consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts, to be hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawings and subsequently claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective View illustrating the application of our invention; Fig. 2, a side elevation of our invention, partly broken away; and Fig. 3, a vertical transverse section.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A represents the base of our cork-press, ordinarily cast in one piece, with a plate, B, that has a flange, O, the inner periphery of the latter being beveled toward said plate and provided with a series of serrations. Pivotally connected to the flanged side of the plate B, so as to be eccentric to the center thereof, is a circular shell, D, having a beveled and serrated outer periphery in opposition to the bevel and serrations of the flange O of said plate. Suitably secured to the bolt or pin E, that serves to pivotally unite the plate l3 and shell D, is one end of a hand-lever, F.

The shell D is provided with a socket, G, to receive a pin, H, by which rigid connection is established with the lever F, and the plate 13 has a segmentalslot, I, thatserves as aguide for said pin. The lever F is preferably provided wit-h an offset, J, that projects more or less over the flange C of the plate B; but, if desired, this offset may be omitted.

In order that our device may be secured permanently to a suitable support, we prefer to provide the base A with suitable perforations, K, as shown by Fig. 1.

In the operation of our invention a cork is inserted between the opposing beveled andserrated faces of the flange G and shell D, and the latter operated by the lever F, to impart a rolling motion to said cork and agraduallyincreasing pressure thereon. The graduallyincreasing pressure is obtained by having the shell D eccentrically pivoted to the plate B, the bevel on the opposing peripheries of said shell and the flange 0 corresponding with the usual taper of the corks.

By having the parts B D eccentrically connected, as above described, we provide a varying space between the flange on the plate and the outer periphery of the shell, thereby accommodating our device to corks of different diameters.

The peculiar advantage derived by our device is that any sized cork can be acted upon and reduced to the desired diameter without cracking, this result being obtained by the gradually-increasing and rolling pressure.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a corlopress, the combination of a plate having a base-piece and flange, a shell of less diameter than the plate and eccentrically pivoted thereto, and a lever for actuating the shell, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a cork-press, the combination of a plate having a base-piece and flange serrated upon its inner face, ashell of less diameter than the plate, but eccentrically pivoted thereto and provided with serrationsin opposition to those on the flange of said plate, and a lever for actuating the shell, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In .a cork-press, the combination of a plate having a base-piece and flange beveled upon its interior face, a shell of less diameter than the plate, but eccentrically pivoted there to and beveled upon its outer periphery in opposition to the bevel on the flange of said .plate, and a lever for actuating the shell, sub

stantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a cork-press, the combination of a base cast in one piece with a plate having a circular flange and segmental slot, a circular shell eccentrically pivoted to the plate in opposition to the flange, a lever having one end thereof connected to the shell-pivot, and a pin arranged to engage the segmental slot and unite the lever with said shell, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our hands, at Racine, in the county of Racine and State of Visconsin, in the presence of two witnesses.

FRED. M. GROUSE. RICHARD E. LE\VIS.

Witnesses:

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